Wellington, KS is a small city located in south central Kansas that has a population of approximately 8,000 people. It is the county seat of Sumner County and the home of Southwestern College. The local government consists of a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve four year terms. The city also has an active civic engagement program that encourages citizens to participate in the political process. The local politics in Wellington focuses on providing quality services to its citizens while preserving the city’s rural character. In recent years, issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety have been top priorities for local politicians. Additionally, there is an effort to attract new businesses and jobs to the area as well as focus on improving education opportunities for students in the district.
The political climate in Wellington, KS is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, KS is very conservative. In Sumner County, KS 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, KS is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Kansas is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wellington, Kansas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Wellington, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $3,679 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $34,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)